You Have The Right to Remain Wednesday

Here's a rare photo of the Cambridge police force being called into the next neighborhood disturbance.

---Folks, I'm a little quirky. I was always told that when a policeman asks you to do something, you do it.

---The first time I was ever stopped for a traffic violation, the cop was Black and very nasty.

---I didn't immediately jump to the conclusion that he was being extra abusive because I was White.

---But, now, twenty five years later, maybe he was.

---I know there are bad cops, but most are decent and put their lives into jeopardy every corner they turn. Which makes this Gates guy's reaction even more reprehensible.

---That Harvard professor is a complete dirtbag and this isn't the first time he's mouthed off.

---Granted that I have no sense of what it is like to be a Black man in America. But, if I were, I probably would have had a better shot at getting into Harvard.

---If the Cambridge cop in question was Shaft, we'd be still talking about Michael Jackson today.

---Well, we will talk about him anyway. Later in the scroll.

---Look, gang, the cop didn't know Gates was Black until he got there. It's not like he was notified in the police transmission.

---"One Adam 12, see the uppity spook in his house, eating a Slim Jim. Copy, 10-4. Over."

---And it's like we should expect Gates to be totally subserviant to the policeman.

---"Who dat? Who dere? Oh, Lordy, Lordy, it's the po-lice."

---But you do respond appropriately and this overeducated scumbucket did not. I hope he spent a night in jail and the bread was stale.

---Meanwhile, Gates was so distraught over this that he was wined and dined at one of the fanciest LA restaurants over the weekend.

---And guess what? He entered through the front door, not the back.

---America really sucks, doesn't it, Mr. Gates?

---Shithead. I hope nobody enrolls in his courses this September.

---Of course, we also have a President who threw lighter fluid onto a pile of newspapers. He jumped onto the race card so fast you would have thought it had barbecue sauce on it.

---See what happens when he talks without the teleprompter.

---So, the cop and Gates got invited to the White House to share a beer with Urkel.

---If one of them gets drunk, does that mean Michelle is the designated driver?

---That's the picture I want to see. The Oval Office with a whole bunch of empty Colt 45 bottles lying around.

---How many cop votes do you think Urkel lost last week?

---This just in: Michael Jackson is still dead.

---Rhetorical question: Would Michael's meds be covered under Obama's health care plan?

---You get the impression that MJ's doctor was so desperate he would have tried to hide the body under the bed.

---I can hear the conversation with the police now.

---"Er, Michael Jackson? Um, could you describe him to me?"

---I hope that doctor's malpractice insurance is paid off. Because Papa Jackson's got his eye on a new pair of Van's.

---Gee, if that Gates guy was living in the Michael Jackson mansion, do you think he would have let the paramedics in?

---"Ain't ya got no Black ambulance drivers working today???"

Dinner last night: Grilled chicken panini at Maria's Italian Kitchen.